. The floral kingdom : its history, sentiment and poetry : A dictionary of more than three hundred plants, with the genera and families to which they belong, and the language of each illustrated with appropriate gems to poetry . Flower language; Flowers in literature. ^^^' -^ %fZ^^f. \r^mrti* COMMANDING, aiding, animating all, ' Where foe appear'd to press, or friend to fall. —Byron. T HE brave man seeks not popular applause. Nor, overpower'd with arms, deserts his cause; Unshamed, though foiled, he does the best he can; Force is of brutes, but honor is of man. —Dryden, 'yHE brave man is not h
. The floral kingdom : its history, sentiment and poetry : A dictionary of more than three hundred plants, with the genera and families to which they belong, and the language of each illustrated with appropriate gems to poetry . Flower language; Flowers in literature. ^^^' -^ %fZ^^f. \r^mrti* COMMANDING, aiding, animating all, ' Where foe appear'd to press, or friend to fall. —Byron. T HE brave man seeks not popular applause. Nor, overpower'd with arms, deserts his cause; Unshamed, though foiled, he does the best he can; Force is of brutes, but honor is of man. —Dryden, 'yHE brave man is not he who feels no fear, For that were stupid and irrational; But he whose noble soul its fear subdues, And bravely dares the danger nature shrinks from. —Joanna Baillie. True valor Lies in the mind, the never-yielding purpose. Nor owns the blind award of giddy fortune. PIGHT valiantly today; '- And yet I do thee wrong to mind thee of it, For thou art framed of the firm truth of valor. —Shakespeare. —Thompson. \TO fire nor foe, nor fate, nor night, ^ The Trojan hero did affright. Who bravely, twice, renewed the fight. — Sir. J. Denham. DARE do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none. —Shakespeare. 191 IpljJlSOStcgio dirghuana. Natural Order: Labiatm—Mint Family. ATIVE to various portions of the Southern and Western States, this plant may occasionally be found beautifying our gardens, where it thrives well and increases rapidly. It is ^^ rather handsome in appearance, varying from one to four feet S^ in height, with a square, thick, upright stem. The leaves appear opposite each other, and are large and glossy, and a dark green in color. The flowers are on the tops of the branches, in a four-rowed spike. They are a pale purple in tint, with spots on the inner side. The plant blooms freely during August and September. There are no special virtues ascribed to the Physos- tegia. The botanical name (from the Greek) signifies a bladder-like covering, from the
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